This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
You haven’t used you last straight razor
You’re saving it for a special occasion
You fully charged your big space laser
You take your time while we’re anticipating
You’re set to go in any sized theater
One or the world, it just doesn’t matter
Cause they’ll all break, you power lifter
Just sound all clear when it’s all over
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
Perimeter secure and steady
They get a sec when you aren’t awake yet
Best prepared, stand the ready
And with this I know the outcome is set
Go give ‘em hell, you are a contender
Cash money down if I was a bettor
So move the world, spin it faster
I know you’re a real go-getter
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on
You feel the light
Yes I believe
That you will run
It takes fifteen
You’re up against
Inside all right
There is a hole
Heads roll tonight
Laugh in the dark
You’ll gravitate
Oh heaven help
There’re worlds to break
You feel the light
Yes I believe
That you will run
For just fifteen
You’re up against
Inside all right
Cause I know
I know you’re a real go-getter
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
You’re saving it for a special occasion
You fully charged your big space laser
You take your time while we’re anticipating
You’re set to go in any sized theater
One or the world, it just doesn’t matter
Cause they’ll all break, you power lifter
Just sound all clear when it’s all over
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
Perimeter secure and steady
They get a sec when you aren’t awake yet
Best prepared, stand the ready
And with this I know the outcome is set
Go give ‘em hell, you are a contender
Cash money down if I was a bettor
So move the world, spin it faster
I know you’re a real go-getter
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on
You feel the light
Yes I believe
That you will run
It takes fifteen
You’re up against
Inside all right
There is a hole
Heads roll tonight
Laugh in the dark
You’ll gravitate
Oh heaven help
There’re worlds to break
You feel the light
Yes I believe
That you will run
For just fifteen
You’re up against
Inside all right
Cause I know
I know you’re a real go-getter
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
And I can always treat you well
And you won’t hear the kiss and tell
Just keep coming on strong
Lyrics submitted by NotCoolZeus
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I just wanted to point out that the lyrics in the bridge are from every song on the album. It's cool because "Straight Razor" is the very first song on the CD and sets you up for the rest of it--sort of like a teaser. I don't know where one of the lines comes from, though.
"You feel the light" - Light "Yes, I believe" - Believe "That you will run" - Destination "It takes fifteen" - 00:15:00 "You're up against" - Up "Inside, all right" - Inside "There is a hole" - ????? "Heads roll, tonight" - Herrod's Daughter "Laugh in the dark" - Laughing/Gravitate "You'll gravitate" - Gravitate "Oh, heaven help" - Rollers "There're worlds to break" - Straight Razor
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